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The belt was removed, and on the purse being fumbled with, several small pearls fell out. The dead eyes stared defiantly up into the sky, the face whitened, and the stains of blood seemed to settle on it. A harsh sound came as an electric shock, and I heard as from afar off Piln-goi shout: "You bin sleep long time, boss! Big low water. We fella look out pearl-shell!"
I was permitted to be a sensitive percipient in the midst of the ashes of shiftless folk who had passed away, catching but a casual and deceptive glimpse of the coming of the desolating white man. Piln-goi, the black boy, had wandered up the creek. A thrilling silence prevailed. Stooping down, I laved my hands in the softly flowing water, idly intent on lifting the stone.
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